[78-L] Mark Hambourg and Victor Discographys

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Dave B.,

This sounds like a question that would be at home on the "88s on 78s" 
list. Would you like me to repost it there for you?

joe salerno

On 9/27/2010 11:37 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I hope someone has the information about these records.
>
> As I've referred to in other postings, I'm trying to find out something about
> Mark Hambourg recordings.  I have the "Moonlight Sonata" complete on two Victor
> records, 29005&  29006;  I also have the second record only on British HMV
> C2552, (Plum label with coloured dog).  In both cases, the 4th side filler is
> Beethoven's Variations on "Nel Cor Piu".  These records - both the Victor and
> the HMV appear to be late 20s pressings but, as dl pointed out, Victor was using
> this label and groove style into the 30s.  There is certainly nothing in the
> John Bolig Discographies, which only go to the end of 1929, about either of
> these pieces.  The HMV, which only has the second part of the third movement of
> the Moonlight on it marries perfectly to the Victor 29005 which has the first
> part of the movement.  The pickup sounds the same and the tempo matches.  But
> the Beethoven Variations are so different on the two recordings you wouldn't
> even believe it's the same pianist - the Victor version is much faster and the
> dynamics are completely different.  (WERM mentions only the HMV pressings, not
> the Victor.)
>
> I have another Mark Hambourg record which is a single sided acoustic, Victor
> Number 177008.  This contains Waltz in D flat and Etude in C flat by Chopin.
>   This should certainly be in the Bolig Discographies since they purport to cover
> the entire acoustic era, but it's not listed there and there are no numbers
> anywhere near 177008.
>
> Does anyone out there have a more reliable source than I do and know how to find
> out details about these records?
>
> Thanks!
> db
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